Resistance Poetry
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Resistance Poetry

It Didn’t Have To Be This Way

The ending is always the same

What they said was “He looks suspicious”

What they said was “It could be drugs”

What they thought was “He could be trouble”

What they saw was “BLACK”

What they said “He pulled the trigger”

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